A Very Simple Project

Using XSEDE resources

2016-03-01T21:32:32Z

Hi,

I'm very new to this site, and I'm still trying to figure out how to use basic things.

I have an allocation of memory, but now I'm trying to understand how to use it and the resources here for my research.

I have data to process and R scripts to run. I was told that Stampede is a good resource to run R scripts on.

After some poking around, I found the XSEDE remote terminal, which I successfully logged into. After that, I tried to log into Stampede, but it won't accept my XSEDE password. Do I need a separate account on TACC, or do I need to request a separate allocation from them, or what?

If Stampede is not the best resource for my research, are there other resources on XSEDE that don't require their own log in? And can I access them from the remote terminal?

Thanks in advance,
Nathan

RE: A Very Simple Project

2016-02-27T00:55:06Z

Maytal,

Thank you so much for responding so quickly.

My professor has added me to his allocation, so I don't think I need to worry about that step.

I have been perusing through the user guide, but so far it seems hard to tell what is relevant to my project and what isn't. That is, there isn't anything there that is explicitly recognizable as something that I need to do. It mentions "running jobs", "virtual clusters" and "GPU nodes", for instance, and as I have very little idea what these mean, I can only assume that is not something that concerns me.

The tutorials you link look like very helpful resources, but in a terse inspection they seem to only talk about how to make scripts themselves (I have already made the R scripts on my own computer and tested them). It doesn't explain how I use them on this site.
If I have more time later I'll try to look more in depth in the tutorials to see if it mentions something useful to me along the way.

You mentioned that Stampede is a resource that supports R. That's great! Do I have to download Stampede from some part of the site, or do I use it from my own user portal? Or is there some way I have to use the allocation my professor added me to?

In summary, it seems like there is a lot of information on how to request an allocation, but not much as to what I do now I'm added to an allocation.

A Very Simple Project

2016-02-26T21:46:15Z

Hello,

I have been doing research for my college, and I was assigned by my professor to use the resources of this website. I have never heard of this website before, so this is extremely new to me.

It is very simple what I'm trying to accomplish. I have a single file of data in CSV format and a few R scripts to process the data.

However, after making an account on this website I am overwhelmed by everything going on, and nothing seems to be very straight-forward. Where do I upload my data? is it under "data management" or "allocations"? And even if I found where I'm supposed to be, how do I do it? Do I have to download/install modules, or can I run it off of the website?

In other words, exactly what is relevant on this site to my very small, simple, narrow project?

Brevity and clarity would be appreciated,

Nathan